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Jean Joinville, Geffroy Villehardouin - Chronicles of the Crusades, E-bok

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Chronicles of the Crusades

Av Jean Joinville, Geffroy Villehardouin

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The Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey of Villehardouin and The Life of Saint Louis by John of Joinville are eye-witness accounts of going to war in the service of God. In the first years of the thirteenth century Villehardouin served as an envoy in the Fourth Crusade, at the very heart of a campaign that veered from its aim of conquering Muslim Egypt to the sacking of Greek Orthodox Constantinople. Half a century later, Joinville accompanied the French king, Louis IX, on crusade to Egypt and the Near East. The Chronicles of the Crusades are invaluable first-hand narratives of these campaigns and provide vivid insights into the characters and beliefs of the crusaders.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-11-02
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Filformat: EPUB
  • Kopieringsskydd: LCP
  • ISBN: 9780141904863
  • Förlag: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Översättare: M. R. B. Shaw, Margaret Shaw
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Jean de Joinville was born between 1224 and 1225, the second son of a nobleman of Champagne. Many of his faimly had gone on crusades and he grew up in their shadow. Due to a series of deaths, he became Lord of Joinville in his early teens. Jean probably first saw Louis (the man who had a profound effect on his life) at Saumur in 1241, though he met him properly on the Seventh Crusade. he wrote his Life of Saint Louis in old age, as a tribute to a king and also a portrait of a loved friend.Geoffroy de Villehardouin was probably born between 1150 and 1154. His father was a nobleman of Champagne, and Geoffroy became Marshal of Champagne in 1185, due to his family connections. He compiled his history of the fourth crusade a few years after the close of the expedition, and wrote from first-hand knowledge. He later became Marshal of Romania, where he remained until the end of his life around 1207.Margaret Shaw received a first from Oxford in languages, after which she taught in Bradford, before moving to Paris. She did research on Laurence Sterne and published a book about his 'Letter to Eliza'. She became a tutor at St Hugh's, Oxford and translated Stendhal for the Penguin Classics. She died in 1963.

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